Non-skid automobile device.



W. J. HASLEY.

NON-SKID AUTOMOBILE DEVIGE.

. APPLIGATION FILED DBG.2,1913

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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NON-SKID AUTOMOBILE DEVICE APPLIGATION FILED DEC 2, 1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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' of the disk supportin I his invention UNITED srarns PATENT ()FFIOE-WALTER J. Hester,

or RIOBLANCO, coLonAn'c.

NON-SKID AUTOMOBILE DEVICE.

anessa concemr v at I, Wama:

a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rioblan'co, inthe county of Rio lance and State of Colorado,'have invented certainnew-and useful Improvements in To all whom c'tmav 1 Be it known'ttin-Skid Automobile Devices, of which the follow ng isa specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying draw- .Another objectofthis invention is the production of a simple and efficient means forraising the anti-skidding devices to'en inoperative position. i

With these and other objects view this invention consists of certainnovel combina" tions, constructions, and arrangements ofparts, as Willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingez-Figure view of the device. Fig. 2

the anti-skidding devices into operation. Fig. 15

an enlarged sectional view of one arms of the skiddin device. Fi 6 is aetail erspective of a portion of t e shaft adapts to support the ddingdevice.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that 1 designates the framewhich is supported by the usual Wheels 2 through the medium of thesupporting axles 3 in the usual manner. A central operating shaft 4 ismounted upon the'frame of the machine, and this operating shaft 4carries a rotating gear 5, which rotating gear is operated by means of aratchet lever 6. The ratchet 1ever 6 is provided with a spring pressedratchet 7 which enga es the rotating ratchet wheel or gear 5 for t epurpose or" rotating the shaft 4 as the lever 6 is swung back an forth.A releasing ratchet wheel 8 is mounted upon the central supporting shaft4 and this releasing ratchet 8 is engaged by means of a pivot dog 9,which dog is ivotally mounted upon the supporting racket 10. Thissupporting bracket 10 may Specification. of Letters Iatent.

carried by the forwar 20 and 23 are 'ournaled up course,

I Patented Dec. 1,1914%; tr ncation flied December 2, 1913. Serial No.804,254.

be carried by the base of the machineiil desired manner.

A piyoted treadle 11 is secured upper end of the bracket 10 and isprovided the dog 9 in engagement with th ratchet 8. It will be seen thatthedog or pawl 9 may be thrown out of engagement with the releasingratchet 8 by pressin' downwardly upon thelower end 15 foot treadle l1. v

primary sprocket 16 is ,carried b' shaft 4 and an auxiliary sprocket 17is carried by this shaft, and a primary sprocket chain 18 passes overthe sprocket lt'f'and also over a sprocket 19 carried by the rearanti-skidding supportin device 20. An auxiliary sprocket chain 21 passesover the auxiliary sprocket l7 and also over a sprocket Wheel 22, whichs rocket wheel is of the the of the machine y means of journal brackets24-. as is illustrated clearly in Fig. 2: It, of should be understoodthat: these shafts and 23 as well as the shaft 4 may be supported uponthe machine in any de sired manner without spirit of the invention.

Each of the'shafts 20 and 23 are provided with rearwardlyextendingsquare project-i ing lugs 25, and upon each of the lugs 25 fitsan anti-"skidding "supporting disk arm 26, which arm 26 is provided witha socket 27 a pocketfor receivingthe The lnner end of th plurality' ofthrough which pass the securing bolts 29 Q the arms 26 in, an adjustedpos. sition upon the lugs25. f

Anti-skidding disks 30 are carried between the bifurcated ends 31 o thearms 26 as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and these disks arepreferably sharpened upon their outer edges for the of digging into orcutting into the of the road traveling.

surface over WhlCh' the machme is The rear shaft 20 carries a pluralityof forwardly extending finger llsoas to normally hold e releasing also23. Theshafte on the frame '1" departing from the w e arms 26 isapertures 28 urpose extending finger 12- with the drums 32 to whichdrums are secured the tension bands '33 by means of the screws 3 Coilsprings 35 are connected to the bands 33 as indicated at 36 and the rearends of these coil springs 35 are connected to the eyes 37 carried byatransversely ext/ending bar '38 mounted upon the frame 1.

By carefully considering the drawings and also by carefullyconsideringthe above specification, it will be seen that theantiskidding devices and arms 26 may be raised to the position shown infull lines by rotating the gear 5 through the medium of the ratchetlever 6. lhe dog or pawl 9 will prevent the rotation of the shaft 4 inan opposite direction while, the shaft is being wound. After theautizl"dding devices have been raised to the position shown in fulllines the same may e released and thrown into immediate engagementwiththe road over which the device is traveling by the operator pressingdownwardly upon a the foot-trcadle 11 and drawing the pawl or has beenproduced dog 9 out of engagement with the ratchet 8. The coil springs 35will thenpull upon the drums 32 and in this manner cause the shaft 20 torotate and throw the anti-skidding devices into engagement with the roadover which the machine is traveling as'is indicated in dotted lines inrigv As the shaft 20 rotates this rotary motion will be imparted to theshaft 4 through the medium of the sprocket chain 18. Rotary movementwill also be imparted to the shaft 23 through the auxiliary sprocketchain 2,1,, thereby throwin both'the forward and rearward anti skiddingdevices simpltaneously into engagement with the road bed. From theforegbing description it will be seen that a very simple andQll'lClQl'li} device for the purpose of. preventingthe side skidding ofan automobile, and at the same time a device has been produced whichwill be ordinarily held out of engagement with foreign objects while themachine is traveling under ordinary cir-' cums'tances, while theantiskiddingdevices may be thrown into engagement with the road byreleasing the dog 9 from engagemea with theratchet 8 as above described;

therewith for allowing carried by tating the rotation of said ratchet,an Z'tl'lXllr' iary ratchet supported adjacent said winding ratchet,means ratchet for normally holding said winding shaft against rotationin one direction and capable of being thrown out of engagement therotation of said of anti-skidding sprocket wheels said winding shaft,chains for rotating said anti-skidding device supporting shafts as saidwinding shaft is rotated, anti-skidding arms carried by'saidfantiskidding device su porting shafts, a drum carriedby one-o saidanti-skidding de vice supporting shafts, a flat tension band woundaround said drum and secured there to, and a spring engaging saidtension band for automatically throwing said anti-skidding devices to anoperative position as said auxiliary ratchet is thrown to an inoperativeposition.

2. A device of the class described comprising a main winding shaft, aplurality of anti-skidding device supporting shafts, anti-skiddingdevices carried by said antislridding device supporting shafts, manualmeans for raising said anti-skidding devices,- a winding shaft, aratchet carried thereby,

winding shaft, a plurality device supporting shafts,

a foot operating dog engaging said ratchet for normally holding the samein a set position, a drum carried by one of said anti-skidding devicesupporting shafts, and a spring tension belt engaging said drum forautomatically throwing said anti-skidding devices to an operativeposition as said foot operating (log is drawn out of engagement withsaid ratchet carriel by said winding shaft.

in testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WALTER J. HASLEY.

W'itnesses R. O. Huuurnsos, O. 1. Y. Boron.

engaging said auxiliary

